‘Hard Coal Chronicles’ photographer kicks off Minersville Historical Society’s America250 speaker series

The Minersville Area Historical Society will kick off its America250 Speaker Series with a program exploring the coal ...
Republican Herald

Anthracite Cultural Board creates signs, displays promoting coal region history

For several years, a group of historians has worked to preserve the history of the anthracite coal region by creating informational boards and signs. The Anthracite Cultural Board, composed of 16 ...
Citizen's Voice

Greater Pittston will remember Knox Mine Disaster, region’s anthracite history

A bulldozer pushes mine cars toward the river in an attempt to dam the breach at the Knox Mine. (LUKASIK STUDIO ARCHIVES) Deacon Francis Bradigan anoints the Knox Mine Disaster memorial during a past ...
The Times Leader

Editorial: Anthracite Mining Heritage Month worth celebrating

We carved our present out of coal’s past. Regardless of what the county and region thrive on now, or how we forge the future, Anthracite coal forever sits at the heart of how we became who we are. It ...
Citizen's Voice

Plymouth Historical Society holds Anthracite Mining Heritage Month event

Mining historian David Skoniecki describes the components of a carbide miner’s lamp during the Plymouth Historical Society presentation ‘The Tools that Kept the Miners Working’ at the First ...
The Times Leader

Upcoming events for Anthracite Mining History Month

WILKES-BARRE — The Anthracite Heritage Foundation and King’s College this week announced several events as part of the regional observance of Anthracite Mining Heritage Month taking place during ...